For thus says the LORD, "Sing R1538 aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief R1539F300 of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, `O LORD, save R1540 Your people, The remnant R1541 of Israel.'

"Behold, I am bringing R1542 them from the north country, And I will gather R1543 them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind R1544 and the lame, R1545 The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, F301 they will return here.

"With R1546 weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams R1547 of waters, On a straight path in which they will not R1548 stumble; For I am a father R1549 to Israel, And Ephraim is My R1550 firstborn."

"They will come R1556 and shout for joy on the height R1557 of Zion, And they will be radiant R1558 over the bounty F302 of the LORD-- Over the grain R1559 and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock R1560 and the herd; And their life will be like a watered R1561 garden, And they will never R1562 languish again.

Thus says the LORD, "A R1567 voice is heard in Ramah, R1568 Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses R1569 to be comforted for her children, Because they R1570 are no more."